Floor squeegee



Jan. 20, 19.31. J. M. OBERTI I 1,739,636

FLOOR SQUEEGEE Filed May 6, 1929 INVENTOR. /4M:s M. ,DBERTI ATTORNEYS.

' Patente J 1931 592597 floorlsqueegees, and it consistsf in the vcorh bil hereinafter describedand claimed; 7 H

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v lfi pplic ation'iiled' 'Mayiii;1829 "My invention relates to improvementsin I I nations, constructions vand arrangements floor squeegee that is an improvementover time I the form of the device'shown in my Patent men p No. 1,497,933, issued June 17, 192 1n the since the" frame isfincllned patent I show a frame having a concave botthroughout its, V tom edge and a rubber member having a convex upper edge, the rubbenmember being th rtdiusfof th re ells w :T is were it-pi dly' from thetop and our dso bi q hll itheg 5 received within the frame.

I have found thatby inclining the frame frleliiie from the vertical so as to incline the rubber, "downwa 3.5 it is not necessaryto provide the frame and to r-any '9 the rubber with concave andcoiivexedges thesa A The slanting ofthevrubber permits itslower' lat v p edge, to fill any irregularities inithe floor opera r tofniove t xg egee 0v just as effectively asfaccomplishedj by' the while theop'er is patented device. 7 At the same time; the dethe lower edge vice can'bemanufactured more cheaply, It crimpedinwar is eificient'i also for sweeping the floors in aidingin securing j i 'Froi nthe foregoing 1 A further object of my invention isto 'o'us parts of the device,

provide a device of the type describedwhich may be readilyundersto v is extremely simple in construction and dur- The squeegee is m0 able and eflicient for the purpose intended." merely'fpus'hing or Other objects andladvantages' will appear 9. ,,Thecurve of, he

as the specification proceeds, and the novel; froin theends of th 1 3Qv features will be particularly pointed out in frame'extendsa S11 7 the appended claimsi s r floor'to p My invention is.illustratedinthe accointhe top of the fram Figure 1 is a top planview of thedevice; slightly when the i -Figure 2 is a front elevation; s r w Figure 3 is a section along the'line 33 [stripe tdcgn iorm I j i V f I s floor surfac ei Figure liis a perspective view of one end member fort I 1 slightlyrs'o as'to'provi flFigure 5 is a sectional]view, v through a to the'widerstrip i i Y Y if -i Thesqueegeelis al Incarryingout my invention' lprovidein'pla'ce'of hairbrush d frame 1 (see Figure 3) I than thebrush because it remo that is curved in themannershown ii -Fig thatthehairbrus'h leaves on" ure 1. Within the'framel ldispose a chan InFigurefi; I sho nel-shaped holder 2.] This holder carries two-f squeegee in which th' stripsof rubber i andkl. I The strip 3'is of 4 are secured zin aa narrower width than the stripe and .pro-: members 25 and 26.

Y place of the hair'brush."

' panying drawing, in whlch "of thedevice, and

-modified form of the device;

a channel-shape i jects a less distance below the bottom- 0f the? gitudinal grooves 2 frame 1 than does the stripe. i I

* ues. t ins i e th len ens uppe edge Ti 1,? fie 'erra i sit 1v W1 r n th lowe e e' fii ator stands erect. If desired, soft the sides 5 and 6 may be" dly as shown at '11 and-'12 for 1' 1 1' the holder 2 in place;

description of h hevarieration thereof -7 thefloor by"; l ling upon the handle frame =1- directs'the water frame to the center; The flicient distance above the 8 -'r reventthe'waterfrom flowingover e." The angle at which the it to be flexe'd- I ueegee is moved-,and-this thej-loweredgef 13 ofthe 1 to; all irregularitiesin the, u

{strip 3a'cts as a bracing estriptandthisstrip will give de a greater resiliency j nds permits doingbett difiecl' form: of, trips eof rubberj an 'hannel "formed two 7 These members have 10 1;- 7' and 28 respectivelyl in d the ridges formed by 1 their-router faces, an

tosweepifloorsj i er sweeping; ves the 7 I thewalls of the gz 'ooves abut one another and I are securedtogether by bolts 2901 other suit ables fastening means.

The tops 0 Vided'with flanges '30 and 31 that overla each other, as is clearly shown. These angesform a to to the device.

Itistd, e-undersigwgithaqth q fiethq membefs'QB and 26 1s thesanie as the rame 1,

same manner. a

and that these members are c'urvedin the? 7 Although I have shown and described two '7 embodiments of my invention, it is to be 1m derstood that the same is s isoe tible of variv .7 v desc'nblng van are; having a sma er radius 01 1s changes, and Ireserve the "nghtto e'fiiplo j" v such changes v tsmay come within the Scope of theinvention.asolairned. Y

I'c laim: a a 1. A squeegeecqrved slightly inthe direc= tion ofits length and'havlng'its ilpper edge than the radiiis. of the are for the l' wer' edge; thus "cansing' th Squee ee to] incline" foi'f' a y i. I, a

2. 'A floor sqneegee comprising a 'frame of in'veit'ed Uv-s'ha'pein' 'ciossse'ction and being u v d l ht y iii, hfi kl lfectibil if t 61 21 1 d v g 's pp' idge d si rih are. in'g fsm ler d l f hfl h the members 25 and 26 are p ro- 

